Resize
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An operation that changes the size of something.
- 1 To alter the size of something. transitive
- 2 To size (apply glue or other primer to a surface) again. transitive
"If the chemicals are too strong, or the sheets remain too long in the bath, or are not thoroughly cleansed from the bleach before they are re-sized, the certain seeds of decay are planted in the paper, and [...] in the course of a few years the enemy will appear, the fibre will decay, and the existence of the books will terminate in a state of white tinder."
- 3 change the size of; make the size more appropriate wordnet
- 4 To change in size. intransitive
Example
More examples"If the chemicals are too strong, or the sheets remain too long in the bath, or are not thoroughly cleansed from the bleach before they are re-sized, the certain seeds of decay are planted in the paper, and [...] in the course of a few years the enemy will appear, the fibre will decay, and the existence of the books will terminate in a state of white tinder."
Etymology
From re- + size.
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